Research article - Peer-reviewed, 2015
Designing cost efficient buffer zone programs: An application of the FyrisSKZ tool in a Swedish catchment
Collentine, Dennis; Johnsson, Holger; Larsson, Peter; Markensten, Hampus; Persson, KristianAbstract
Riparian buffer zones are the only measure which has been used extensively in Sweden to reduce phosphorus losses from agricultural land. This paper describes how the FyrisSKZ web tool can be used to evaluate allocation scenarios using data from the Svarta River, an agricultural catchment located in central Sweden. Three scenarios are evaluated: a baseline, a uniform 6-m-wide buffer zone in each sub-catchment, and an allocation of areas of buffer zones to sub-catchments based on the average cost of reduction. The total P reduction increases by 30 % in the second scenario compared to the baseline scenario, and the average reduction per hectare increases by 90 % while total costs of the program fall by 32 %. In the third scenario, the average cost per unit of reduction ((sic)163 kg P-1) is the lowest of the three scenarios (58 % lower than the baseline) and has the lowest total program costs.Keywords
Buffer strips; Transaction costs; Baltic Sea; Payment for Environmental Services (PES); FyrisCOSTPublished in
AMBIO: A Journal of the Human Environment2015, volume: 44, number: Suppl 2, pages: S311-S318
Publisher: SPRINGER
Authors' information
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Soil and Environment
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Soil and Environment
Larsson, Peter
SÖRAB
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Soil and Environment
UKÄ Subject classification
Environmental Sciences related to Agriculture and Land-use
Environmental Sciences
Publication Identifiers
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-015-0627-y
URI (permanent link to this page)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/76076